An unlikely combination of tastes...

[chrishansenhome]

My friend Mark often comes over for a cup of tea in the morning. Sometimes he brings pastry. Today he came in with two tarts from Konditor and Cook, an upscale bakery here in London. It looked nice, with slices of apple and something else. I bit into one, and was intensely aware that the "something else" was actually...meat. It turned out to be salami slices.

Now I don't know about you, but I never thought of apple and salami together as an appropriate filling for a Danish pastry. I couldn't finish mine (neither could Mark); they ended up in the bin.

Has anyone else ever heard of this particular combination? I looked at their website but there didn't have any description of their pastries, only their cakes.

I'm reminded of the old lady who appeared in the first season of The Vicar of Dibley (before it became the travesty it now is). She was known for unlikely combinations of ingredients in her confections, such as a lovely chocolate cake iced with Marmite.

Comments

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

Apple and salami pastries … it sounds so British!